Unit 12 Lesson 6 Writing and Solving Problems Created by Mrs. White Frederick Douglass Students will create, illustrate and solve multiplication and division problems.

Story of the Three Little Pigs

What if the pig’s mother gave each of her three sons five apples to eat on their journey? How many apples would she need to take out of her fruit basket?

Draw a picture to illustrate the action happening.

What if the pig’s mother gave each of her three sons 25 ice cream bars to eat before they left home? How many will each pig eat?

Draw a picture to illustrate the action happening.

Lets write some more “What if” problems.

Each Orange Had 8 Slices Questions I saw red flowers. Each read flower had 6 pretty petals. Each petal had 2 tiny black bugs. How many read flowers were there? How many pretty petals were there? How many tiny black bugs were there in all?

Each Orange Had 8 Slices Questions What did you notice about the way the author organized the problems in the story and the kinds of questions that were asked?

Each Orange Had 8 Slices Questions What did you notice about the way the author organized the problems in the story and the kinds of questions that were asked? Did you notice any patterns?.